"Digital Technologies for Life-Cycle Safety of Waterfront Structures"

On the 30th of May 2019 in Tallinn, Estonia, the “Digital Technologies for Life-Cycle Safety of Waterfront Structures” seminar took place, organized by GT Corporation SE and its partners. Seminar topics included: • Life-cycle safety of waterfront structures (quays, offshore lighthouses, wave protection structures) Victor Burovenko,  Ph.D, Authorized Construction Engineer, 8th Category, GT Corporation SE; Aleksei Usanov,  Ph.D, Survey Engineer, GT Corporation SE • Initial data problems in design of Waterfront structures:      -insufficient geotechnical survey data      -insufficient information on the condition of existing structures      -unknown natural or artificial obstacles in the soil Heiki Meos, Ph.D, Authorized Construction Engineer, 8th Category, EstKONSULT OÜ • Soil properties using different soil models including Plaxis software Aldur Parts, Ph.D, Authorized Construction Engineer, 8th Category, Tallinn Technical University • Current and future applications of acoustic scanning in marine engineering surveys Igor Burovenko, Ph.D, IT Engineer, GT Corporation SE • Presentation of the Coda Echoscope system and software for engineering survey of maritime structures Tom Barr, Deputy Managing Director, Coda Octopus Group Inc. Tomasz Ostrowski, Engineer, Coda Octopus Group Inc. • Practice with underwater acoustic scanning on water. Demonstration of new generation Coda Echoscope system in Muuga Harbor. Coda Octopus Group Inc. & Meremõõdukeskus OÜ Representatives from key ports of Estonia and waterfront construction companies took part in the seminar. The schedule of the seminar was accredited by Estonian construction engineer union.